Fire Truck Parade & Muster returns to Littleton
The annual Fire Truck Parade & Muster returned to Littleton, Colorado last Saturday - June 19, 2010.
Here's an article from the Littleton Independent newspaper on the event:
Fire muster includes parade
By Tom Munds
Published: 06.04.10
Fire trucks of varying age, size, shape and color will roll down Littleton Boulevard June 19, kicking off the 25th Fire Truck Parade and Muster.
Organized by the Mile High Hook & Ladder all-volunteer antique fire truck club and hosted by the Littleton Fire and Rescue, the event includes the parade plus several hours of demonstrations, activities and games.
Traditionally, there are 40 to 50 vehicles in the parade, but that number could swell this year because the muster is being held as part of the 52nd National Summer Fire Truck Muster that draws owners and fire truck enthusiasts from all over the nation. In recent years, parade entries include Littleton first fire truck, delivered in 1914, as is Englewood’s 1930s fire truck.
The parade rolls out of the assembly area adjacent to Ralph Schomp Automotive at 5700 S. Broadway. The long line of fire equipment travels north on Broadway, turns west on Rafferty Gardens Road until the fire trucks make a left turn onto Bannock Street.
The procession follows Bannock Street to Littleton Boulevard, turns west and travels through the city’s downtown area.
The parade turns south on Curtis Street and culminates about 10 a.m. in the Arapahoe Community College parking lot at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive for activities that run until about 2 p.m. All events are free and open to the public
The lineup for the muster includes safety demonstration, soap-box derby races, face painting, free fire truck rides and an number of activities.
The muster schedule also includes demonstration of the use of the “jaws of life” to rescue someone trapped in a crashed car, arrival of Air Life helicopter and demonstrationof the airport rescue firefighting vehicle nicknamed “Kermit.”
“I always look forward to the fire muster,” Centennial resident Craig Bailey said after reading the poster announcing the event. “I spent 22 years as a volunteer firefighter where I lived in rural Nebraska so I have always loved fire trucks so I have attended the fire muster for the past six or seven years. I guess I sort of passed the love on to my grandkids because they look forward to the fire muster as much as I do and they are already asking about the parade.”
Firefighters and equipment transform the parking lot into an attraction featuring demonstrations of equipment used to extract victims from wrecked vehicles, games like water-ball competition for junior firefighters, a chance to try out the drunk-driving simulator and fire truck rides. All the activities are free and open to the public.
About 50 fire vehicles are expected for the muster. A hit of the show is sure to be the 1901 Waterous Fire Steamer, a fire truck powered by coal that is an entry from the Reliance Fire Museum in Estes Park.
Schomp Automotive has been a major sponsor of the event since it began in 1984. The event was held in Brighton for about a dozen years and, just over a decade ago, it moved to Littleton.
Doug Klink, a fire truck collector, will have a number of entries in the muster parade. He owns 17 fire trucks and also owns the Reliance Fire Company Fire Truck Museum and Antique Fire Truck Restoration Facility.
Fire Truck Parade & Muster returns to Littleton
The annual Fire Truck Parade & Muster returned to Littleton, Colorado last Saturday - June 19, 2010.
Here's an article from the Littleton Independent newspaper on the event:
Fire muster includes parade
By Tom Munds
Published: 06.04.10
Fire trucks of varying age, size, shape and color will roll down Littleton Boulevard June 19, kicking off the 25th Fire Truck Parade and Muster.
Organized by the Mile High Hook & Ladder all-volunteer antique fire truck club and hosted by the Littleton Fire and Rescue, the event includes the parade plus several hours of demonstrations, activities and games.
Traditionally, there are 40 to 50 vehicles in the parade, but that number could swell this year because the muster is being held as part of the 52nd National Summer Fire Truck Muster that draws owners and fire truck enthusiasts from all over the nation. In recent years, parade entries include Littleton first fire truck, delivered in 1914, as is Englewood’s 1930s fire truck.
The parade rolls out of the assembly area adjacent to Ralph Schomp Automotive at 5700 S. Broadway. The long line of fire equipment travels north on Broadway, turns west on Rafferty Gardens Road until the fire trucks make a left turn onto Bannock Street.
The procession follows Bannock Street to Littleton Boulevard, turns west and travels through the city’s downtown area.
The parade turns south on Curtis Street and culminates about 10 a.m. in the Arapahoe Community College parking lot at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive for activities that run until about 2 p.m. All events are free and open to the public
The lineup for the muster includes safety demonstration, soap-box derby races, face painting, free fire truck rides and an number of activities.
The muster schedule also includes demonstration of the use of the “jaws of life” to rescue someone trapped in a crashed car, arrival of Air Life helicopter and demonstrationof the airport rescue firefighting vehicle nicknamed “Kermit.”
“I always look forward to the fire muster,” Centennial resident Craig Bailey said after reading the poster announcing the event. “I spent 22 years as a volunteer firefighter where I lived in rural Nebraska so I have always loved fire trucks so I have attended the fire muster for the past six or seven years. I guess I sort of passed the love on to my grandkids because they look forward to the fire muster as much as I do and they are already asking about the parade.”
Firefighters and equipment transform the parking lot into an attraction featuring demonstrations of equipment used to extract victims from wrecked vehicles, games like water-ball competition for junior firefighters, a chance to try out the drunk-driving simulator and fire truck rides. All the activities are free and open to the public.
About 50 fire vehicles are expected for the muster. A hit of the show is sure to be the 1901 Waterous Fire Steamer, a fire truck powered by coal that is an entry from the Reliance Fire Museum in Estes Park.
Schomp Automotive has been a major sponsor of the event since it began in 1984. The event was held in Brighton for about a dozen years and, just over a decade ago, it moved to Littleton.
Doug Klink, a fire truck collector, will have a number of entries in the muster parade. He owns 17 fire trucks and also owns the Reliance Fire Company Fire Truck Museum and Antique Fire Truck Restoration Facility.